Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: We ask for peace O Lord
Topic: The Gospel/Spirit of Adoption
Writer: <no first name given> Pocter
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 423
Page Number: 257, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWe ask for peace, O Lord!
Thy children ask thy peace;
Not what the world calls rest,
That toil and care should cease,
That through bright sunny hours
Calm life should fleet away.
And tranquil night should fade
In smiling day, --
It is not for such peace that we would pray.
We ask for peace, O Lord!
Yet not to stand secure.
Girt round with iron pride,
Contented to endure:
Crushing the gentle strings.
That human hearts should know,
Untouched by others' joys
Or others' wo: --
Thou, O dear Lord, wilt never teach us so.
We ask thy peace, O Lord!
Through storm, and fear, and strife,
To light and guide us on,
Through along struggling life:
While no success or gain
Shall cheer the desperate fight,
Or nerve, what the world calls,
Our wasted might:
Yet pressing through the darkness to the light.
It is thine own, O Lord!
Who toil while others sleep,
Who sow with loving care
What other hands shall reap:
They lean on thee entranced
In calm and perfect rest:
Give us that peace, O Lord!
Divine and blest.
Though keepest for those hearts who love thee best.